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Robyn O’Brien shares her personal story and how it inspired her current path as a “Real Food” evangelist. Grounded in a successful Wall Street career that was more interested in food as good business than good-for-you, this mother of four … Continue reading →

Is the European crisis over or just beginning? (Hint: credit default swaps) For Greece a bailout; for Europe perhaps just an illusion For Boomers its a new era of ‘work ’til you drop’ When bosses attack, send them to the … Continue reading →

The bad food industry and big pharma are killing us, literally.  People are desperate for affordable drugs, but the vast majority would not need drugs at all if they ate healthy foods in appropriate quantities.  Harvard economics professor Ken Rogoff … Continue reading →

Economic growth in developed economies almost ground to a halt in the last three months of 2011, with the U.S. driving what growth there was, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Gross domestic product (GDP) in … Continue reading →

Jonathan Tepper of Variant Perception and co-author of Endgame (with John Mauldin) offers us an excellent, detailed and wonderfully readable paper on how and why currency break-ups have been common, important solutions throughout economic history. His conclusion: far from the … Continue reading →

“Let Greece go bankrupt, let all the people who are bankrupt go bankrupt, and then you can start over, you reorganize the assets and start over,” Jim Rogers, CEO of Roger Holdings, told CNBC. “Until that happens, this is going … Continue reading →

In a special hour hosted by Morley Safer, “60 Minutes” presents in-depth profiles on three remarkable women: country singer Dolly Parton, Vogue editor Anna Wintour and actress Meryl Streep (all in their 60′s and all at the top of their … Continue reading →

We saw “The Iron Lady” today. Interesting, surprising, entertaining little film. Shot more like a play than a movie. I enjoyed it. Meryl Streep is a stunning treat as usual. Parallels from the Thatcher political era in the 70′s and … Continue reading →

Interesting panel and legal discussion on the financial crisis and prosecution process. In law, willful blindness and willful disregard of a duty of care, are a basis for criminal culpability. Here is the direct Youtube link. Recommend on Facebook Share … Continue reading →

Danielle was a guest on Talk Digital Network with Phil Mackesy today, talking about recent developments in the world economy and markets. You can listen to the audio clip here. Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Tweet … Continue reading →

Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, co-chairs of President Obama’s Deficit Commission, have released a “Chairmen’s Mark,” a broad plan to reduce the federal deficit by cutting spending and raising taxes. The plan incites the horror of reality across the political … Continue reading →

Excellent article from the Globe today reiterating the horrendous conflicts in the investment advice business. The article focuses on Canada but the structure and problems are worldwide. The financial industry continues to lobby-for-its-life against a fiduciary standard that would place … Continue reading →

Jim Bianco and Aaron Task look at what Central Banks are really trying to do when they intervene to artificially support asset prices.  Here is the direct link. Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Tweet about it … Continue reading →

A few good articles worth reading tonight if you are bored, or tomorrow morning over your fair trade coffee and green tea: The Japanese Liquidity Trap Revisited oops all this talk of Greek debt cuts has got the Irish rethinking, … Continue reading →

Day to day the cacophony of noise and nonsense can be deafening.  Day traders seek to buy and sell fleeting price swings.  Extremely few do it with lasting success over time.  Some people strike huge gains on fortuitous timing which … Continue reading →